Category: Research
Remdesivir speeds recovery in cases of severe COVID-19
Patients and staff at UW Medical Center participated in the international trial, which has ended. Preliminary findings were published Friday.
How the nose decodes complex odors
Scent molecules can mask other scents, not by overpowering them, but by changing the way cells respond to them
ISB and Swedish Launch Trial to Understand, Treat COVID-19
The study will follow patients who contract COVID-19 to learn why some die, some recover, and some are asymptomatic.
UW Medicine recruiting for app to predict next outbreak
The phone app could diagnose illness sooner, preventing members of the military and civilians who are ill from returning to work or school too soon.
UW study to ask: Does antimalarial drug prevent COVID-19?
Researchers are investigating whether hydroxychloroquine, a commonly used anti-malarial and autoimmune-disease treatment, can prevent COVID-19.
Old drugs might be able to treat the new coronavirus
Instead of trying to create a new drug, some scientists are looking to see if there are any drugs available today that can fight the coronavirus.
Time to end drug company distortion of medical evidence
A huge proportion of medical research is funded by industry even though studies show company-sponsored studies tend to overstate benefits, playdown harms.
Is this study legit? 5 questions to ask when reading news about medical research
Not all research is good. Not all headlines reflect what a study found. So how can you tell if a story about news about medical research is bogus or legit?
Trouble tying to find a word? Maybe this brain map will help
Neuroscientists have created interactive maps that can predict where different categories of words activate the brain
Despite Failed Promises, Stem Cell Advocates Again Want Taxpayers To Pony Up Billions
In 2004, Californians voted to shell out billions in taxpayer money to fund stem cell research. But 15 years later, some are asking ‘Where are the cures?”
Human-animal hybrids are coming
Human-animal hybrids are coming and could be used to grow organs for transplant. What does it mean? A philosopher weighs in
UW protein design group wins $45 million award
“We hope to attract the best and brightest in the world to the institute to work on what we believe is going to be a protein-design revolution.”
A ‘Fountain Of Youth’ Pill? Sure, If You’re A Mouse.
The researcher making these claims has a considerable financial stake in his claims being proven correct.
What’s a clinical trial?
How can doctors work out what treatments actually work? Here’s where a type of study called a clinical trial is useful.